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Saturday, March 23, 2013

CAG finds major lapses

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which undertook a
district-centric audit of Thiruvananthapuram, has found that there is no
system in place which has a consolidated statement of funds received
and utilised annually for various schemes in the district.
Despite
State Government directions in 2007, neither an Integrated District
Development Plan (IDDP) nor Local Development Plans (LDPs) for various
local bodies in Thiruvananthapuram district was prepared. As a result,
many district-level development issues and their scope could not be
explored, the anti-corruption watchdog said in its report on General and
Social Sector for the year ending March 2012.
The CAG found that
manpower and infrastructure were lacking in the community and primary
health centres assessed by it. Due to lack of manpower and
infrastructure, the desired healthcare services, especially delivery
services, were not provided in the centres.
Despite the
intervention of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), there was migration of
students from government/ aided schools to unaided English medium
schools, the CAG said.
As many as 10 water supply schemes in
Thiruvananthapuram district - taken up under Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme during 2002-09 at a cost of Rs 54.55 crore - remained
incomplete, the report said.
“Inordinate delays were noticed in
completion of houses under the housing schemes for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes as well as sanctioning and completion of works taken up
under the MP Local Area Development Scheme,” the report said.
Akshaya
project of e-literacy in the district was conceived without a proper
study and requirement analysis, resulting in blocking up of funds to the
tune of Rs 4.84 crore out of the total available fund of Rs 4.90 crore,
the CAG report said.